National legislations to protect traditional wisdom in medicines which is being pirated without sharing its benefits, formation of an international task force to discuss the mechanism of protection on patents and cross country dissemination of traditional knowledge have been so far highlighted at the ongoing Asian Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights. The seminar on the theme "Intellectual property Rights Issues in the field of Traditional Medicines" has been organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisatiuon in cooperation with the government and the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.